I have created a global function to add a loading effect to my submit buttons in my forms :
// add loading effet for forms
$('form').not('.form-ajax').on('submit', function() {
btnLoad($(this).find('button[type="submit"]'));
});
It just shows a loader on the submit button, and disable it.
It works, but sometimes I want to show confirm before submitting :
<form method="post"
action="/delete/post"
onsubmit="return confirm('Do you want to delete this post ?');"
>
<input type="hidden" value="2" name="id" />
<button type="submit">
Delete post
</button>
</form>
So it shows the loader on my button, but the form is not submitting if the user click no on confirm dialog.
Can I catch it easily ? To show loader on if form is really submitted ?
it'll help u:
<form method="post"
action="/delete/post"
onsubmit="return validate(this);"
>
<input type="hidden" value="2" name="id" />
<button type="submit">
Delete post
</button>
</form>
<script>
function validate(form) {
// validation code here ...
if(!valid) {
alert('Please correct the errors in the form!');
return false;
}
else {
return confirm('Do you really want to submit the form?');
}
}
</script>
I make some form different action within different button
<form id="form" method="post" class="form-horizontal" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input name="name" class="form-control" type="text" required>
</form>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" onClick="submitForm('<?php echo base_url('order/add');?>')">Submit</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-warning" onClick="submitForm('<?php echo base_url('order/print');?>')">Print</button>
Javascript
function submitForm(action)
{
document.getElementById('form').action = action;
document.getElementById('form').submit(
);
}
Then, my required attribute not working. Did I do something wrong? Let me know if there is other solution.
Thanks,
I can't give you a good explanation but you need the submit buttons inside the form.
So if you would have a button like:
<input type="submit" value="Submit">,
it will trigger the required attribute.
#Remn If you would still stay on your structure with submit inside a function you could trigger yourself the validation like:
if ($("form")[0].checkValidity())
{
$("form").submit()
}
and then do something with inputs that are invalid by passing through each required element ( input is set in code ):
$('form :input[required="required"]').each(function()
{
if(!this.validity.valid)
{
$(this).focus();
// break
return false;
}
});
In the below case the invalid inputs will be focused one by one.
The whole code is:
$( function () {
$("body").on("click", "#trigger", function() {
if ($("form")[0].checkValidity())
{
$("form").submit()
}
$('form :input[required="required"]').each(function()
{
if(!this.validity.valid)
{
$(this).focus();
// break
return false;
}
});
});
});
Where #trigger is an id I set on the button to submit, you can make your own functions to achieve your goal I just used on().
I hope it helps!
Please try bellow code. i hope solve your problem.
<html>
<head>
<title>Submit</title>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
function submitForm(action)
{
document.getElementById('form').action = action;
document.getElementById('form').submit(
);
//alert(document.getElementById('form').action);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form" method="get" class="form-horizontal" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input name="name" class="form-control" type="text" required="required">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" onclick="return submitForm('<?php echo base_url('order/add');?>');" id="submit">Submit</button>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-warning" onclick="return submitForm('<?php echo base_url('order/print');?>');" id="print">Print</button>
</form>
</body>
</html>
I have test your code by adding Javascript part in Script tag it is working fine. And i tested it on Chrome Windows 10.
<form id="form" method="post" class="form-horizontal" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input name="name" class="form-control" type="text" required>
</form>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" onClick="submitForm('<?php echo base_url('order/add'); ?>')">Submit</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-warning" onClick="submitForm('<?php echo base_url('order/print'); ?>')">Print</button>
<script>
function submitForm(action) {
document.getElementById('form').action = action;
document.getElementById('form').submit();
}
</script>
Using javascript's form.submit() function will cause input validation to be bypassed (according to the HTML specification in point 4 of the form submission algorithm). The only way to trigger HTML input validation is to use a click event on a submit button inside the form, either by the user actually clicking, or in javascript with something like form.querySelector('input[type="submit"]').click().
I have the following piece of code which deletes a document when the delete image is clicked
<tr> To replace the document, you will need to first delete the current one.
<form name="delete_attachment_form" action="apr_attachment.cfc?method=delete_apr_attachment" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="apr_attachment_id" value="#apr_attachment_id#">
<input type="hidden" name="apr_section_id" value="#apr_section_id#">
<input type="hidden" name="submit_mode" value="DELETE">
<input type="image" name="submit" src="images/delete.gif" alt="DELETE">
</form>
</tr>
Now I want to modify this and change the image to a button and put some basic JS validation so that it asks a confirmation message before deleting.
I have this as my code so far
<tr> To replace the document, you will need to first delete the current one.
<form name="delete_attachment_form" action="apr_attachment.cfc?method=delete_apr_attachment" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="apr_attachment_id" value="#apr_attachment_id#">
<input type="hidden" name="apr_section_id" value="#apr_section_id#">
<input type="hidden" name="submit_mode" value="DELETE">
<input type="button" onClick ="return confirm('Are you sure you want to delete the current project activities document')" name="submit" Value="Delete">
</form>
</tr>
But there is no change/effect in the page when I click this button, Can anyone point out whats happening here? Thanks
Add id="form" to <form>, then
<input type="button" onClick ="if(confirm('Are you sure you want to delete the current project activities document')==1){document.getElementById('form').submit();}" name="submit" Value="Delete">
That's where the rest of the JavaScript comes in... or an AJAX call to a PHP file to perform that task for you. May I give you a couple of pointers? First, give that button element and ID, say id="deleter". Then, to clean up your inline markup, add this eventListener in your <head> section:
<script>
var d = document.getElementById('deleter');
var f = document.getElementByName('delete_attachment_form');
d.onClick = function() {
var yn = confirm('Are you sure you want to delete the current project activities document?');
// Note that the 'confirm' dialog is an obsolete construct
if (yn) {
f.submit();
}
};
</script>
HTML Markup
<tr>To replace the document, you will need to first delete the current one.
<form name="delete_attachment_form" action="apr_attachment.cfc?method=delete_apr_attachment" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="apr_attachment_id" value="#apr_attachment_id#">
<input type="hidden" name="apr_section_id" value="#apr_section_id#">
<input type="hidden" name="submit_mode" value="DELETE">
<input type="button" id="deleter" name="deleter" Value="Delete">
</form>
</tr>
I have situation where i need to track which submit button click in order to do set variables according to that. Below is the test code,
<script>
function submitForm(form) {
alert(document.getElementById('sb').value);
if (document.getElementById('sb').value=="One") {
//Do something
}
return true;
}
</script>
<form action="" method="get" onsubmit="return submitForm(this);">
<input type="submit" name="sb" value="One">
<input type="submit" name="sb" value="Two">
<input type="submit" name="sb" value="Three">
</form>
The alert always shows One even if i click button Two or Three. But the url change with clickable parameter. How to alert the value which is in the clickable submit button?
Note: I want a solution with out JQuery
EDIT: I change the code bit which the onsubmit call the submitForm(this);
The problem is even use document.forms[0].sb.value its undefined because document.forms[0].sb return a node list of all submit buttons as its same as with document.getElementById('sb')
Here is what I think is a simpler solution to this problem. It does not require any extra events.
<script>
function submitForm(form) {
console.log(document.activeElement.value);
if (document.activeElement.value == 'One') {
console.log("Have one.");
return false;
}
return true;
}
</script>
<form action="" method="get" onsubmit="return submitForm(this);">
<input type="submit" name="sb" value="One">
<input type="submit" name="sb" value="Two">
<input type="submit" name="sb" value="Three">
</form>
jsfiddle
What I would like an answer to is how the form is getting the query set to "?sb={value}".
I would suggest you to use buttons, instead of multiple submit buttons. In the onclick attribute of the buttons, submit the form using javascript.
You can try like this,
<form>
<input class="myButton" type="submit" name="sb" value="One">
<input class="myButton" type="submit" name="sb" value="Two">
<input class="myButton" type="submit" name="sb" value="Three">
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(".myButton").on('click', function() {
alert($(this).val());
});
</script>
I'm a bit new to javascript; please forgive me if I'm wrong on this. Wouldn't it make a difference if your if statement had a 3rd = sign?
Should it be:
if (document.getElementById('sb').value === "One") {
//Do something
}
return true;
Continuing the answer above:
<script>
function m(value) {
alert(value);
}
</script>
<input type="button" value="One" onClick="m(this.value)">
<input type="button" value="Two" onClick="m(this.value)">
<input type="button" value="Three" onClick="m(this.value)">
You can of course see what's the id:
<input type="button" id='myId' value="Three" onClick="m(this.id)">
you can try with jquery something like :
$(":submit").live('click', function() {
alert($(this).val());
})
This is a non-jquery, simple solution for detecting which submit button was clicked.
<script>
function submitForm(form) {
console.log(document.getElementById('btn_clicked').value);
if (document.getElementById('btn_clicked').value === 'One') {
console.log("Have one.");
return false;
}
return true;
}
</script>
<form action="" method="get" onsubmit="return submitForm(this);" ;">
<input type="hidden" name="btn_clicked" id="btn_clicked" value="">
<input type="submit" name="sb" value="One" onclick="document.getElementById('btn_clicked').value='One';">
<input type="submit" name="sb" value="Two" onclick="document.getElementById('btn_clicked').value='Two';">
</form>
I have a very simple form with a name field and two submit buttons: 'change' and 'delete'. I need to do some form validation in javascript when the form is submitted so I need to know which button was clicked. If the user hits the enter key, the 'change' value is the one that makes it to the server. So really, I just need to know if the 'delete' button was clicked or not.
Can I determine which button was clicked? Or do I need to change the 'delete' button from a submit to a regular button and catch its onclick event to submit the form?
The form looks like this:
<form action="update.php" method="post" onsubmit="return checkForm(this);">
<input type="text" name="tagName" size="30" value="name goes here" />
<input type="hidden" name="tagID" value="1" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Change" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Delete" />
</form>
In the checkForm() function, form["submit"] is a node list, not a single element I can grab the value of.
Here's an unobtrusive approach using jQuery...
$(function ()
{
// for each form on the page...
$("form").each(function ()
{
var that = $(this); // define context and reference
/* for each of the submit-inputs - in each of the forms on
the page - assign click and keypress event */
$("input:submit", that).bind("click keypress", function ()
{
// store the id of the submit-input on it's enclosing form
that.data("callerid", this.id);
});
});
// assign submit-event to all forms on the page
$("form").submit(function ()
{
/* retrieve the id of the input that was clicked, stored on
it's enclosing form */
var callerId = $(this).data("callerid");
// determine appropriate action(s)
if (callerId == "delete") // do stuff...
if (callerId == "change") // do stuff...
/* note: you can return false to prevent the default behavior
of the form--that is; stop the page from submitting */
});
});
Note: this code is using the id-property to reference elements, so you have to update your markup. If you want me to update the code in my answer to make use of the name-attribute to determine appropriate actions, let me know.
You could also use the onclick event in a number of different ways to address the problem.
For instance:
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Delete"
onclick="return TryingToDelete();" />
In the TryingToDelete() function in JavaScript, do what you want, then return false if do not want the delete to proceed.
Some browsers (at least Firefox, Opera and IE) support this:
<script type="text/javascript">
function checkForm(form, event) {
// Firefox || Opera || IE || unsupported
var target = event.explicitOriginalTarget || event.relatedTarget ||
document.activeElement || {};
alert(target.type + ' ' + target.value);
return false;
}
</script>
<form action="update.php" method="post" onsubmit="return checkForm(this, event);">
<input type="text" name="tagName" size="30" value="name goes here" />
<input type="hidden" name="tagID" value="1" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Change" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Delete" />
</form>
For an inherently cross-browser solution, you'll have to add onclick handlers to the buttons themselves.
<html>
<script type="text/javascript">
var submit;
function checkForm(form)
{
alert(submit.value);
return false;
}
function Clicked(button)
{
submit= button ;
}
</script>
<body>
<form method="post" onsubmit="return checkForm(this);">
<input type="text" name="tagName" size="30" value="name goes here" />
<input type="hidden" name="tagID" value="1" />
<input onclick="Clicked(this);" type="submit" name="submit" value="Change" />
<input onclick="Clicked(this);" type="submit" name="submit" value="Delete" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
You could use the SubmitEvent.submitter property.
form.addEventListener('submit', event => console.log(event.submitter))
Give each of the buttons a unique ID such as
<input type="submit" id="submitButton" name="submit" value="Change" />
<input type="submit" id="deleteButton" name="submit" value="Delete" />
I'm not sure how to do this in raw javascript but in jquery you can then do
$('#submitButton').click(function() {
//do something
});
$('#deleteButton').click(function() {
//do something
});
This says that if submitButton is clicked, do whatever is inside it.
if deleteButton is clicked, do whatever is inside it
In jQuery you can use $.data() to keep data in scope - no need for global variables in that case.
First you click submit button, then (depending on it's action) you assign data to form. I'm not preventing default action in click event, so form is submitted right after click event ends.
HTML:
<form action="update.php" method="post"">
<input type="text" name="tagName" size="30" value="name goes here" />
<input type="hidden" name="tagID" value="1" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Change" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Delete" />
</form>
JavaScript:
(function ($) {
"use strict";
$(document).ready(function () {
// click on submit button with action "Change"
$('input[value="Change"]').on("click", function () {
var $form = $(this).parents('form');
$form.data("action", "Change");
});
// click on submit button with action "Delete"
$('input[value="Delete"]').on("click", function () {
var $form = $(this).parents('form');
$form.data("action", "Delete");
});
// on form submit
$('form').on("submit", function () {
var $self = $(this);
// retrieve action type from form
// If there is none assigned, go for the default one
var action = $self.data("action") || "deafult";
// remove data so next time you won't trigger wrong action
$self.removeData("action");
// do sth depending on action type
if (action === "change") {
}
});
});
})(jQuery);
Right now you've got the same problem as you would a normal text input. You've got the same name on two different elements. Change the names to "Change" and "Delete" and then determine if either one of them were clicked by applying an event handler on both submits and providing different methods. I'm assuming you're using pure JavaScript, but if you want it to be quick, take a look at jQuery.
What you need is as simple as following what's on w3schools
Since you didn't mention using any framework, this is the cleanest way to do it with straight Javascript. With this code what you're doing is passing the button object itself into the go() function. You then have access to all of the button's properties. You don't have to do anything with setTimeout(0) or any other wacky functions.
<script type="text/javascript">
function go(button) {
if (button.id = 'submit1')
//do something
else if (button.id = 'submit2')
//do something else
}
</script>
<form action="update.php" method="post">
<input type="text" name="tagName" size="30" value="name goes here" />
<input type="hidden" name="tagID" value="1" />
<input id="submit1" type="submit" name="submit" value="Change" onclick="go(this);"/>
<input id="submit2" type="submit" name="submit" value="Delete" onclick="go(this);"/>
</form>
A click event anywhere in a form will be caught by a form's click handler (as long as the element clicked on allows it to propagate). It will be processed before the form's submit event.
Therefore, one can test whether the click target was an input (or button) tag of the submit type, and save the value of it (say, to a data-button attribute on the form) for processing in the form's submit handler.
The submit buttons themselves do not then need any event handlers.
I needed to do this to change a form's action and target attributes, depending upon which submit button is clicked.
// TO CAPTURE THE BUTTON CLICKED
function get_button(){
var oElement=event.target;
var oForm=oElement.form;
// IF SUBMIT INPUT BUTTON (CHANGE 'INPUT' TO 'BUTTON' IF USING THAT TAG)
if((oElement.tagName=='INPUT')&&(oElement.type=='submit')){
// SAVE THE ACTION
oForm.setAttribute('data-button',oElement.value);
}
}
// TO DO THE SUBMIT PROCESSING
function submit_form(){
var oForm=event.target;
// RETRIEVE THE BUTTON CLICKED, IF ONE WAS USED
var sAction='';
if(oForm.hasAttribute('data-button')){
// SAVE THE BUTTON, THEN DELETE THE ATTRIBUTE (SO NOT USED ON ANOTHER SUBMIT)
sAction=oForm.getAttribute('data-button');
oForm.removeAttribute('data-button');
}
// PROCESS BY THE BUTTON USED
switch(sAction){
case'Change':
// WHATEVER
alert('Change');
break;
case'Delete':
// WHATEVER
alert('Delete');
break;
default:
// WHATEVER FOR ENTER PRESSED
alert('submit: By other means');
break;
}
}
<form action="update.php" method="post" onsubmit="submit_form();" onclick="get_button();">
<input type="text" name="tagName" size="30" value="name goes here" />
<input type="hidden" name="tagID" value="1" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Change" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Delete" />
</form>
<p id="result"></p>
Here is my solution:
Just add dataset in submit button like this:
<form action="update.php" method="post" onsubmit="return checkForm(this);">
<input type="text" name="tagName" size="30" value="name goes here" />
<input type="hidden" name="tagID" value="1" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Change" data-clicked="change" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Delete" data-clicked="delete" />
</form>
In JS access it by:
$('body').on("submit", function(event){
var target = event.explicitOriginalTarget || event.relatedTarget || document.activeElement || {};
var buttonClicked = target.dataset['clicked'];
console.log(buttonClicked);
});
Name the delete button something else. Perhaps name one SubmitChange and name the other SubmitDelete.
I've been dealing with this problem myself. There's no built-in way to tell which button's submitting a form, but it's a feature which might show up in the future.
The workaround I use in production is to store the button somewhere for one event loop on click. The JavaScript could look something like this:
function grabSubmitter(input){
input.form.submitter = input;
setTimeout(function(){
input.form.submitter = null;
}, 0);
}
... and you'd set an onclick on each button:
<input type="submit" name="name" value="value" onclick="grabSubmitter(this)">
click fires before submit, so in your submit event, if there's a submitter on your form, a button was clicked.
I'm using jQuery, so I use $.fn.data() instead of expando to store the submitter. I have a tiny plugin to handle temporarily setting data on an element that looks like this:
$.fn.briefData = function(key, value){
var $el = this;
$el.data(key, value);
setTimeout(function(){
$el.removeData(key);
}, 0);
};
and I attach it to buttons like this:
$(':button, :submit').live('click', function () {
var $form = $(this.form);
if ($form.length) {
$form.briefData('submitter', this);
}
});